It's interesting that hydraulic drive motors have been tried -but I'm probably with Alex on this-unless the
robot is virtually glued to the floor all that torque and speed could be wasted-though high torque and speed with electric motors works well for storm.
I probably wont build one myself as it would involve a complicated build and deep pockets.

So slightly deviating from the subject but not the main title subject, I recall my first encounter with Smidsy.

After taking part in series two and three of Robot Wars I took a back seat and didn't enter series four -I returned for series five with what my team and I thought was a robot with half a chance-Immortalis.
Auditions were now via live events and we were asked to appear at Sheffield Arena.
I wasn't the first to appear and Smidsy was filling in for a long list of robots that had broken down or not made the grade.
So a brief discription of my robot....a single front wheel drive and steering system which is concealed so you
can't see which direction the wheel is aiming .
A 3 sided blade lifter running off 2 low pressure pnuematics and 2 hedge trimmer saws at rear and a light up garden
planter at the back.
Now its my turn to enter the arena-well that concealled wheel steering is fine in large car parks or the large arenas
but small bull pens -its a no no and I managed to smash its light up planter into the side wall before it got into the arena and it dissintergrated.
As in most battles it seemed to be over in minutes-we attacked the smallest robot in the arena and lifted it then put it down again I believe Smidsy atacked the third robot and quickly dispatched it.
So Smidsy and Immortalis eye each other up the full lenghth of the arena ....then full pelt the hurtle toward the
middle and clash and with a scene reminicent of a cat chasing a mouse in circles Immortalis took fright and was
chased onto an engine block finally dispatched by shunt-anyroad at least we got on show 5